Varaha Purana 168.3: Adhyaya 168, Shloka 3
The Merit of Seeing Mathurā’s Guardian-Deity and a Catalog of Mathurā’s Sacred Geography
पुरा वर्षसहस्रं तु तपस्तप्तं सुदारुणम् ॥ पूर्णे वर्षसहस्रे तु मया सन्तोषितो हरः ॥
purā varṣasahasraṃ tu tapastaptaṃ sudāruṇam || pūrṇe varṣasahasre tu mayā santoṣito haraḥ ||
बहुत पहले मैंने हज़ार साल तक तपस्या की। वो बहुत कठिन था। जब हज़ार साल पूरा हुए, शिव भगवान खुश हो गए।
Varāha
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It preserves a common Purāṇic narrative device: long-duration tapas culminating in divine favor, indicating the cultural prestige of ascetic discipline in early Sanskrit traditions.
No explicit place-name appears in this verse; it functions as background for the Mathurā-related discourse in the surrounding passage.
It highlights perseverance and disciplined practice (tapas) as a means of self-cultivation and moral seriousness.
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